How to pay

As you complete your online enrolment, you'll find guidance and instructions to assist you. This page contains additional helpful information.

How to pay

All course fees must be paid before you start your course unless you are sponsored/funded by:

  • an employer (including Manchester Met)
  • government agency
  • other organisation
  • or have arranged a loan to fund your course fees.

If you are paying your own course fees you may be eligible to join our instalment scheme to pay in two or three instalments during the academic year, which you will be able to do during your online enrolment.

Course fee messages

If Student Billings knows your funding position before you enrol, the screen will show 100% funding confirmed.

If your course funding is not already known, you must select the appropriate payment option(s).  You will find an explanation of the different options below.

Contacts

Our Student Billings helpline is open Monday to Friday from 8:45am to 4:30pm:

Student Finance

Undergraduate students

Includes students on courses for the:

  • PGCE
  • Master of Architecture
  • Pre-registration health masters

Tuition fee loan/grant (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

You should only tick this box if you have applied or intend to apply for a tuition fee loan/grant from student finance to pay all your fees.  If your application for student funding is not approved, you are personally liable to pay all tuition fees.

During your online enrolment, you may need to provide your customer reference number if we have not received it from Student Finance. You can find this on emails or letters from Student Finance.

Student Awards Agency for Scotland (tuition fee loan or grant)

You should tick this box if you have applied or intend to apply for a grant or tuition fee loan, including postgraduate loan, to pay for all or part of your fees.

Postgraduate students

Excludes students on PGCE courses.

England and Wales postgraduate loans

You should tick this box only if you have applied or intend to apply for a postgraduate masters or doctoral loan from Student Finance to pay all or part of your fees.

Unlike undergraduate courses, Student Finance does not pay the University. 

You will be directed to set up an instalment plan to pay your tuition fees in three instalments using our secure payment platform, Flywire.  You will also be able to pay using Direct Debit, auto card payment and other methods.

You will be offered an instalment plan in line with your course start date.

For more information about how the loan works, visit www.gov.uk/studentfinance

Example instalment plans for postgraduate loan students

Course starts in September 2024
  • First instalment: 16 October 2024 (33%)
  • Second instalment: 15 January 2025 (33%)
  • Third instalment: 7 May 2025 (34%)
Course starts in September 2024
  • First instalment: 12 February (33%)
  • Second instalment: 14 May 2025 (33%)
  • Third instalment: 13 August 2025 (34%)

If your Student Finance payment schedule differs from our standard instalment plan, please email your schedule to [email protected]. We will amend your instalment plan due dates in line with your payment schedule.

During your online enrolment, you may need to provide your customer reference number if we have not received it from Student Finance. You can find this on emails or letters from Student Finance.

Northern Ireland postgraduate loans

You should tick this box if you have applied or intend to apply for a postgraduate loan from Student Finance to pay all or part of your fees. If you apply, please return your declaration form to Student Finance.

If your loan does not cover all of your fees you will need to pay the difference and select an additional payment method.

Paying your own fees in full

Make a one-off payment now or set up an instalment plan

You should tick this box if you intend to pay your fees in full now, or if you wish to pay your fees in instalments.

You will be directed to our secure payment platform, Flywire, where you will be able to pay using Direct Debit, auto card payment, UK or international bank transfer, or several alternative payment methods.

For international students, Flywire offers secure low-cost payments in your local currency with the best exchange rates. There are no extra bank charges and 24-hour customer support is available in several languages.

You will be offered an instalment plan in line with your course start date.

Example instalment plans for international students

Course starts in September 2024
  • First instalment: 17 October 2024 (50%)
  • Second instalment: 15 January 2025 (50%)
Course starts in January 2025
  • First instalment: 12 February 2025 (50%)
  • Second instalment: 14 May 2025 (50%)

I’ve already paid my fees

Only tick this box if you have already paid your fees in full before online enrolment.

You will need to indicate details of the payment(s) you have made or that have been made on your behalf. Please include method of payment, amount, date of payment and the transaction reference number for payments made online.

You should ensure that you keep your email payment acknowledgement if you have made a payment using the online payment facility in case of any query. This acknowledgement includes a unique payment reference, which allows Manchester Met to track the payment.

Employer or sponsor (funding provider)

You should tick this box if your employer or sponsor (internal or external) is paying all, or part, of your course fees.

The University can only accept companies, overseas embassies, or other organisations - such as schools, councils, or the NHS - as sponsors. If a friend or family member is paying your fees, please choose a different payment method option.

If we have not received your employer/sponsor letter or email, you will need to indicate the name of your employer/sponsor during your enrolment and send this documentation to the University (email [email protected] ) as soon as possible. We are not able to charge fees to your employer/sponsor without their written consent.

You must submit documentation from your employer/sponsor confirming their intention to pay unless otherwise informed during your online enrolment. If we do not receive this documentation you will be responsible for the payment and will receive an invoice accordingly.

Any other method

You will need to select this method if your fees will be paid by:

  • US Financial Aid
  • Advanced Learner Loan
  • Any Other Method

If you select US Financial Aid, our International team will let us know how much and when your aid will be received.

If you select Any other method, you will be asked to provide additional information and advised to contact our Finance Service Centre once you have received your invoice to agree your payment method.